Chair of Software Engineering for Business Information Systems (sebis)

Faculty of Informatics

Technische Universität München

wwwmatthes.in.tum.de

Observing the Learning Process of a Large-Scale Agile

Development Program - A Case Study from the Technology

SectorNiels Holz, 11.11.2019, Master’s Thesis Kick-Off Presentation

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Case Study Partner

Status Quo

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Motivation

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Large-Scale

Companies try to

receive the

advantages of

applying agile

methods [4,6]

Applying identified

patterns from pattern

catalogue created by

sebis [1,4]

Challenges can

be found on

different levels

depending on the

stakeholders,

limiting the chance

of success in

large-scale agile

development

[2,3,4,6]

Patterns offer a

structured plan of a

solution

Agile methods are a

dynamic approach to

software development,

by focusing on

continous delivery and

involvement of

customer it increases

both the output and

quality of the product

while being adaptable

to changing

requirements [3,5]

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Research Questions

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RQ1

RQ2

RQ4

RQ3

RQ5

How has LeSS been adopted and applied at Robert Bosch?

What are recurring concerns of stakeholders at the product organization of Robert Bosch?

Which bad practices should be avoided in the product organization of Robert Bosch?

What are good practices for addressing recurring concerns of stakeholders of the product

organization of Robert Bosch?

What are the lessons learned of implementing already observed best practices in the product

organization of Robert Bosch?

RQ2

RQ3

RQ4

RQ5

RQ1

Interviews:

3 Scrum

Master

6 Product

Owner

5 Developers

2 Customer

Research Process

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Identify adaption of

framework by Robert

Bosch GmbH

Concerns

Patterns

Anti-Patterns

Identify fitting good

practices from pattern

catalog

Apply selected patterns at

Robert Bosch GmbH

Observe pattern adoption at

Robert Bosch GmbH and

derive lessons learned

[5]

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Case Study Partner

Robert Bosch GmbH

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• Introduced LeSS in 2017

• Increase speed of development process

• Deal with changing requirements

• Significant challenges after introduction of LeSS

• Framework limited output and work of teams

• Dissatisfied customers

• Several adaptions led to current process

• Customers are satisfied with product

• Team enjoys the advantages of agile development

Case Study PartnerTeam conception

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Multiple internal customers using product for risk assessment, purchasing orders, etc.

Team A

• 10 members

• 3 Locations

Team C

• 9 members

• 3 Locations

Team D

• 11 members

• 3 Locations

Team E

• 8 members

• 3 Locations

Team B

• 15 members

• 3 Locations

PILUM - Purchasing Tool for Robert Bosch GmbH

Total of 52 team members working together on Purchasing Tool, geographically distributed at 4 Locations

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Status QuoInterview Dates

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Dates filled with color are confirmed

Status QuoLSAD Conception

Scrum Process (Single Sprint)

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ConductInterviews

Analyzediscoveredconcerns

and patterns

Identify fittingknown good

practices

Applyselected

patterns at Robert

Bosch GmbH

Observe theadoption of

theintroducedpatterns

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[1] Buckl, S., Matthes, F., Schneider, A. W., & Schweda, C. M. (2013). Pattern-based design research–an

iterative research method balancing rigor and relevance. In International Conference on Design Science

Research in Information Systems (pp. 73-87). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

[2] Dingsøyr, T., & Moe, N. B. (2014). Towards principles of large-scale agile development. In International

Conference on Agile Software Development (pp. 1-8). Springer, Cham.

[3] Larman, C., & Vodde, B. (2009). Scaling lean & agile development. Organization, 230(11).

[4] Uludag, Ö., Kleehaus, M., Caprano, C., & Matthes, F. (2018). Identifying and structuring challenges in large-

scale agile development based on a structured literature review. In 2018 IEEE 22nd International Enterprise

Distributed Object Computing Conference (EDOC) (pp. 191-197). IEEE.

[5] The LeSS Company B.V. (2014). Overview – Large Scale Scrum(LeSS). https://less.works/.

[6] VersionOne, C. 13th Annual State of Agile Report. (2019).

References

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Technische Universität München

Faculty of Informatics

Chair of Software Engineering for Business

Information Systems

Boltzmannstraße 3

85748 Garching bei München

Tel +49.89.289.

Fax +49.89.289.17136

wwwmatthes.in.tum.de

Niels Holz

B.Sc.

17132

matthes@in.tum.de